When Ayato first listened to Stillborn Ghosts' double album "over & out" (released in 2009 by Svartgalgh) he immediately detected a dark dub potential in this weird mixture of post-noise-rock, dark ambient and industrial. So he asked a member of the band - his friend & collaborator The Ghost Between The Strings - for a copy of the original tracks of the album in order to do some remixes. In addition to 4 remixes, he composed new tracks using raw guitar recordings by the 2 members of the band (TGBTS & Stillborn Blues). The result can be considered as a completely new album : "Stillborn Dub" (and maybe even a new band, since the collaboration is going on...)
The album is also available on cd-r from Eg0cide Productions.


This audio is part of the collection: Treetrunk
It also belongs to collection: Netlabels

Artist/Composer: Ayato Versus Ghosts
Date: 2011-07-11
Keywords: dub; guitar; ambient; drone; dark ambient; soundscape; experimental; remix

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0

Notes

Ayato : Ayato's Webpage
Stillborn Blues : Stillborn Blues' Webpage
TGBTS / Stillborn Ghosts : TGBTS / Stillborn Ghosts' Website
Eg0cide Productions : Eg0cide Productions' Website
Svartgalgh : Svartgalgh's Website

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Reviewer: Muzikal Mulch - - November 7, 2011
Subject: The birth of a new genre?
Not sure how I overlooked TGBTS until now- seeing that they have multiple releases-- but I'm so very happy to find this recording.
It has a little bit of everything-- (just like the description says) a "weird mixture of post-noise-rock, dark ambient and industrial"
Yes- it's experimental... Yes- it can be very unsettling... chaotic and disastrous at times, and dark as midnight...
A great production that paints a picture of buildings collapsing into black oceans of churning restless water, crackling old radios hissing out dead songs, the sinister shadow creature just around the corner, and blue-grey TV static with its own wicked consciousness- you never know what will happen next- other than that it will leave you with a creepy feeling as though you've just somehow been sonically molested.
This release sets a new standard for the term "Dark Psychedelia"-- and you should give it a listen. Thanks for making music of this caliber available for free.
Will definitely be checking out your other work!
Cheers!

Reviewer: dxt - - August 9, 2011
Subject: enjoyable release
... a great surprise for treetrunk catalogue, a complete album you can enjoy and lost to, a must-hear for this year!

Reviewer: Darby Mullins - - July 14, 2011
Subject: "The Stillborn Dub" stride on a time to drift back. .
The power of a style is, may be, to develop itself across all, taking a stream end make it stronger....What is the part of the shadow when light is scarce? How to render it more deeper? How play with discord to make appear harmonic lines ? Ayato & the Ghosts drew a highway rhythm, putting points of light all along, raising abstract and scary shapes, chime out a guitar chord.....The Stillborn Dub stride on a time to drift back. .

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La puissance d'un style est, peut-être, de pouvoir se développer dans n'importe lequel, prendre un flux et le rendre plus fort .... Quelle est la part d'ombre quand la lumière est rare? Comment la rendre plus profonde ? Comment jouer avec la discorde pour faire apparaître les lignes harmoniques?
Ayato & the Ghosts ont dessiné une autoroute-rythme, mettant des points de lumière tout le long, soulevant des formes abstraites et effrayantes, égrènent un accord de guitare .....The Stillborn Dub arpente un temps de dérive vers l'arrière.